§922 Automatic stay of enforcement of claims against the debtor

Summary

Filing a petition under this chapter puts an automatic hold, in addition to the one in section 362, on anyone trying to start or continue court, agency, or other proceedings against an officer or resident of the debtor when those proceedings try to collect from the debtor. It also stops enforcing liens that are on or come from taxes or assessments owed to the debtor. The rules in subsections (c) through (g) of section 362 apply to this hold the same way they apply to the stay in section 362(a). If the debtor gives proper protection for a secured creditor’s interest under sections 362, 364, or 922, and the creditor still has a claim because of the stay on actions against its property under section 362 or 922 or because a lien was granted under section 364(d), that claim may be treated as an administrative expense under section 503(b). Filing a petition does not stop using pledged special revenues under section 927 to pay debts secured by those revenues.